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The Huron Signal, 1885-4-17, Page 22 �, ..•• .,: was. ^,norms^,.-�a+. ;is ke, 7 a'fre!r5: tlll:rP+,t'tlr'w't THE HURON SIGNAL. FRIDAY, APRIL. 17, 1111. 710o111 »ll.rox. Mee iragaeles rewefd -..--end Nale *ea grpWr. The Liberals are shred for de=u.aa Stag Sir David Mesphereuu wad the ad- ministration of the interior Department. Fur impudence tronnieods us to this chimps. Is it the Liberyls who ooudermn Air David Haophersoa ' lust us sss. le 1.i .Sneer, we find this admission - It their grievances have not been n- attered before, this fault hes with the Interne Department The ilspertu.eut of the luterior, against whom they rise. 1., t, speak frankly, the cause of thew duturbuicsa • • let the Department of the Interim' bear the respuilabthty of its ••esu scouts. And who lays this • !di lfiis riv edi• tonally : And who is the editur-in chief t f 1. 1 .V.0., re ! Nu one other than Mr. Tame, M.P. for "Wawa clay, and the colleague of Mr. Macint.•sh, M.1'.. the excitor of the ''it,_.'. \V hen Mr. Tawe read in the ('int:. n this morning the de- nunciative of himself fur his "audacity" •n charging "the government of the day with causing the terrible uprising," how he must have rubbed kis eyes with as- tonishment. We quote our contempor• :try's surf "government,' because the Department of the Interior cannot be durged with the raep,naibility without t he Government bearing it. Nest Mr. Peter M11.chell, M. P..speekr. A man who under the guru of indepen. deuce gives the present Government an unflinching support. What dues he say rn the Montreal That the management .d Northwest land matters has been handfed badly by s department over which Sir David .Mac• Pherson preludes, et ery one is prepared to believe. But herr is Lu Pre..., the organ of Secretary of State Chapleau, ands warm aupportor ..f the Government. It say After having avenged our national honor and restored peace. it will remain for Its to study the Ince of conduct to be followed to prevent a repetition of similar catastrophes. In the first pace, we want a Minister of the Ritenor with .of)icient strength to fultill his duties, laid not a valetudinarian such as we have had for the last year, who believes he has done his duty when he has adjourned the re- velation esgelation of all questions. And to the n ecoud place a Minister of Militia who will .scenes our military forces else- where than in a drawinv pion ; we dent want a handsome cadet, with a smirking face. as the head of our army. We c,uld multiply quotations tithes to.. from L' rat.'; ..' L E•.,,«, wt, L'Etendurd and tither newspapers, all Cos.ervatire in their sympathy and ut- terances ; but these will suffice to exp:.se the brazen effrontery with which the the hungry hones, are a!1 elements of Galen assails the Liberal party. weakness in any Indian uprising!. The half breeds, too, have wrongs t.. be re- Tbe charges et disloya:ty preferred dressed. It may or may sat have been a=sinst the Liberal Party, conte a ill a blunder to give exceptional tend grants grace from a tarty whose leaden are to Manitoba half-breeds. Equity 4.. t'iemwly and the taint of long stand- mends that the same treatment be kitten en �d to the hail breeds of the North -Wiest. ing disloyalty so pronounced that the The French half -breads are hunter, Dot executive has in the past been farted to farmers. Freighting and open air lite notice it. The cry of disloyalty comes suit their wild ruviug natures better than with ill grace fnon a political party whosetilling the sod. That the French priests policy i,rcwl the very rebellion they are have wine connection with the rebellion is evident veno the unreasonable de- VIse Bsssb.weer SebelUsa. tlhitd be may offer terror of pews, la as ase. ,ate. atsytaiutr. 1 tibia ONO it may lee taken for granted that he till obtain pretty nearly all ha - i rubes hiders cuuseuu to la d Pres Albert, (Lrftuu, ..d Duck Inks are row familiara. baeshuld us esds Little did l meanie els Iesvialt Unit uurw►st dhin town us the the Seahaech wan, that some et the aames &Sleighed to s parting sddreas gives by the citiaeusirrespectived, irrespective of armswould M a abort Mase space of lime he She . oe f ma who fell w defences( the add $erg, Smasher 1/1101,1/1101, sir .t by a band of rebels. Armedn rebellion must be crushed by fus se The mus that led to the uprising are far deeper then cannon and riles eau reach. A wise and uoucilatory manage - merit of the Indian Depertinest would have prevented the .Isola trouble. Hid the Cwttruller eee 1 Indian edam bun of the stamp of (lova Laird or Morns, the volunteers alight have been peacefully pursuing their wonted vocations, tied the a,uutry spared a lavas rep...datum .1 life and treasure. The Redreew of the Nurth-West have substantial griev- ances. Deprived of their hunting grounds and the buffalo - their mals/e tuns ..f subsistenes by the advent of the whites, they ere often reduced t.. the verge of starvstbm by the scarcity of ga.ie. Over tine graves of ludiws boned while I was in Prince Albert might truly be tnecnbed "Died of star- vation or disease caused by weal of feed. The muskrat is the main reliance m winter. When it is scarce famine stares the rust man in the face. Indians aro shiftless, diswclined to hard, steady work ; .Sill, men Mauled to the chase, ats7 soul* tt 1; -fa "Sri -a right to be fed tree by those who fries them lands, their weans of subsistence ; a right to at least u much food as would keep bud and soul together. '•West will become o f us, said an Indian chief, "when the buffaloes die, they are our best friends( An old Indian can die of starvation, but neither can nor will w ork -his mucks have never been train- e d to steady, irksome val. As the ix• pwnence of our neighbours across the line chews, it u far cheaper, not to say mote hwnane, to feed the Indian than tight hon. The original owners of the soil are slowly dying out through that fell &courage, consumption. It is a re- flection far more comfortable to all that they do not die inch by itch through scarcity of food. I know one Indian chief elm•.at heart -broken ever the de- crease in number in his band. The Indians attribute the excessive mortality to the chst,.e of food. Nothing will more speedily draw down divine reng- ence nu any land than the oppression of the seek and down trodden. The wain hope is industrial schools to train end educate the young. The L,dian pr..blem can never be rightly solved by mere speculators like Lieutenant-G.,veinor Dewdney, and some of the officials of the Indust* Department No one can con- jecture to what extent rebellion may spread emetic famine -stricken men. O:d hereditary feuds between differentbands, superstitious dreams and nouons often fatal to the amt in nous pr.recutien of war, the want of protium nit to feed erg y esu Primes amts. 11 the government refuse to treat with him, he will cry hares., and let slip Who 40As of Indian war. Whet the eoa- sequsugs usy be will be nothiw to kir ; b w pr.rede for has we &tray by flight where the wont oomm to the w.•rst, std leave the vdr.teeee and la- da11O to *rule it between thew -(Ww- wpm name, April 1. te=rNas ale *.Sween Abele/ MM. 1. In what year was Reels fiat rebel lien, and what gnvernasent owl in power at that time 1 1800. Sir John llaudou all s eucerullteet. 2. In what year was the lfacitentie government funned . 1873. :i. In what year was Incl elected an NI. P., and what government was in power at the time he attempted to take Ail neat at thieves ( He wee elected in 1874. The Mackenzie government was to power. 4. Del he , Rie1, get his sessional al- lowar.oe T N... Was a matron made to have him ex• c!udi.d from the house t Ifs" by whom Yes by Mr. )fackeuele Rowell to 1871 It was carried. There 1.. When once the difficulty is settled and peace is restored, it will be in order for the peace loving and Christian pee•ple of Canada to as: s.•ute very pertinent ques- ties,,. Was there any .eoewty for this 1 iis1ness T Who is primarily to blame 1 Sheila the trouble have been averted by the exercise of reasonable foresight and prudence? Is there, er r there not, a cause 1 -[Canadian Baptist. sedate the lestat Neese. There was one thing wanting to com- plete the nefannua work of the Conser- vatives. This was a public calamity --s anvil war -sod now we have It ! Nobody now doubts that on Sir John falls the whole responsibility of the millions that are going to he spent and the bison that w going to be spilt to pacify the North- west. It is his crafty policy, maple up of expedients aid pru=1.c., that Inas brought us into this pickle. - L'Electeur. 31114. PAINrt'L Acttrigw-r.--The other day wlule one of Hugh (iirvin's children, a little boy a year and a half old,was play in; about tete house, he fell into a tub .,f broiling water, and was rather badly waked. We are lead to learn that the child is turpruting a. fast as can be ex• petted. it is our sae duty to record the death of Mrs. Kirk. wife of R...Irrrt Kirk, whott we rep..rted last week as likely to recover from a severe attack of inflammation of the lungs. Pn vidence, however, order- ed otherwise. She peacefully passed away to her etortal rest ou Thursday, 2nd inst., at 11 °clock p,m., and her remains were interred in the Dungannon cemetery on the following Sabbath. The large c ,coourse ,.f (nears and acquain- tances which usembled to pay her their last tnnute..f respect attested the high esteem in which deceased was held. The fnnrral sermon will he preached neat Sib/lath evening in the Methodist church. Dungannon, by Rev. John Turner. The abov. items were leo late for in- sertion last week. t_ CRAFTS.' Is .: